The Wild Reed

Thoughts & interests of a queer seeker of the Divine Presence;
of a “soul dancer,” seeking to embody with grace and verve
the mystico-prophetic spiritual tradition

Friday, May 26, 2023

In This “Global Fascist Moment,” a Message to the Target Corporation: Giving In to Fascism Doesn’t Prevent Violence. It Emboldens It

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Earlier today I heard Jeff Sharlet being interviewd on MPR Radio. You may recall I spotlighted Sharlet recently at The Wild Reed by shar...
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Monday, May 22, 2023

Quote of the Day

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M uch of my life energies have gone toward what I call “living democracy” in which we each have both economic and political power. So, how...
Saturday, May 20, 2023

Digging Deeper With Benjamin Booker

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For “music night” this evening at The Wild Reed I share Benjamin Booker ’s song “Believe,” from his 2017 album Witness , a collection of r...
Friday, May 19, 2023

Norman Solomon and the Speech That Biden Should Give

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I have to say that I’d be all for journalist, media critic, activist, and author Norman Solomon being President Joe Biden’s ghost writer! ...
Friday, May 12, 2023

In the Garden of Spirituality – Peng Roden Her

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“We are not on earth to guard a museum, but to cultivate a flowering garden of life.” – Pope John XXIII The Wild Reed ’s series of ref...
Wednesday, May 10, 2023

Quote of the Day

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[ S peaker of the House] Kevin McCarthy using the debt ceiling to try to hold the government hostage is particularly galling. Rather tha...
Monday, May 08, 2023

Photo of the Day

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See also the previous Wild Reed posts: • Spring . . . Within and Beyond (2022) • Spring . . . Within and Beyond (2021) Image: Michael...
Sunday, May 07, 2023

Quote of the Day

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A nother place. Another killer. Another scene of mass death. Another example of the horror in which we live. Each mass shooting has its ow...

Barbara Anne Kozee on Knowing the Divine in “Queer Time”

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Barbara Anne Kozee is a queer Roman Catholic and a doctoral student in Theological Ethics at Boston College. Her research focuses on sexua...
Thursday, May 04, 2023

Ed Simon on Why We Need a Pagan Theology

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Ed Simon , executive director of Belt Media Collaborative and the editor-in-chief for Belt Magazine , has written a fascinating piece for ...
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Michael J. Bayly
Born and raised in Australia, I now reside in the U.S. where from 2003-2015 I served as the executive coordinator of the Catholic Pastoral Committee on Sexual Minorities (CPCSM). During this time I also helped found both The Progressive Catholic Voice and the Catholic Coalition for Church Reform.

I established The Wild Reed in 2006 as a sign of solidarity with all who are dedicated to living lives of integrity – though, in particular, with gay people seeking to be true to both the gift of their sexuality and their Catholic faith. The Wild Reed's original by-line read, “Thoughts and reflections from a progressive, gay, Catholic perspective.” As you can see, it reads differently now. This is because my journey has, in many ways, taken me beyond, or perhaps better still, deeper into the realities that the words “progressive,” “gay,” and “Catholic” seek to describe.
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